[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Etymology and Vedic lexicon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta) › [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska) › [Rijvartha (Niruktavritti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga) › 32.2 # Yāska's Nirukta 32.2 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 32.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [32.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.32.2) āha-“karma kasmāt” ? ucyate-“kriyata iti sataḥ”| sata iti kārakāvadhāraṇārthamiti | garttaśabdaprasaktamucyate, - "śmaśānasañcayo'pi gartta ucyate" | "gurateḥ (tu0 ā0 )" udyamanārthasya | sa hi lokavināśāyobhyudyata iva bhavati | yāni hi tatra piśācādīni sattvānyāśritāni bhavanti | tāni janamaraṇamāśāsate, mriyamāṇeṣu janeṣu tāni pramuditāni bhavanti || "śmaśānaṃ śmaśayanam" ityākhyānaprasaktamucyate | tatra hi śma śete'treti śmaśayanaṃ sat tat śmaśānamityucyate || śmaśabdārthamāha, - "śma śarīram" iti | taddhi tatra śete, tatra hi tannikṣipyate mṛtasya sataḥ || "śarīraṃ śṛṇāteḥ" "śamnātervā" kṛtavyākhyānamapi punarāha mukhyatvādasya | tatra aupamikaṃ vṛtrasambandhāt | na hi vṛtrasya mukhyaṃ śarīram || śmaśabdaprasaktaṃ nirāha, - "śmaśru loma" iti, taddhi "śmani" śarīre "śritaṃ bhavati" || paryāyaprasaktaṃ nirāha, - "loma lunāteḥ (kryā0, u0)" taddhi lūyate | "līyatervā (di0 ā0 )" taddhi śarīre līyate || tatra nigamamapi caudāharanti, - śmaśānasañcayo'pi gartta ucyata iti "noparasyāviṣku̍ryād yadupa̍rasyā̱viṣku̱ryyād ga̍rttapraiṣaḥ syāt pramā̍yuko yaja̍mānaḥ" iti | upara iti yūpasyādhaḥpradeśa ucyate, "pañcamabhāgoparā yūpāḥ" - iti hyuktam | tadataṣṭaṃ yūpasya na āviṣkuryyāt - ityarthaḥ | pāṃsubhistadavacchādanīyaṃ barhiṣā ca | yadi punaḥ uparākhya kaścidapyavayavam āviṣkuryyāt garttapraiṣaḥ garttapratiṣṭhaḥ śmaśānapratiṣṭhaḥ, pramāyukaḥ pramaraṇadharmmāyureva yathāvihitādāyuṣo yajamānaḥ syāt | "ityapi nigamo bhavati" apyayamapyanye bahava ityapi śabdaḥ | 5 | - [Previous: 32.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.32.1.4) - [Next: 32.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.32.3) - [Up: 32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.32) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.5) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.32.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.32.2) · Pramāṇa